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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

2,446 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 123

Burwood Miners' Lodge Nomination of Officers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 6

At the quarterly meeting of the Burwood Miners' Lodge Mr. J. Cairns presided. The Secretary's financial statement and the Auditor's report were adopted as…

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Star Mine Strike Conference Refused PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 11

The management of the Lake View and Star mine has again refused to consider a conference with the tool sharpeners who are on strike. The management declares…

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Maitland Coal Extraction of Oil Products CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 8

Replying in the House of Representatives to-day to an inquiry from Mr. James (Hunter) as to whether the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research…

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Mining Mechanics Delegate Board Meeting Unemployed Members' Rights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 3

Mr. T. G. Moran presided at a meeting of the Delegate Board of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association at West Maitland. There were also present—…

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Wants More of Our Coal West Australia Sends Orders Short Supplies

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 1

West Australia buys something from Newcastle. Twelve thousand tons of coal have been ordered for early…

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Price of Coal "Too High in N.s.w." Tasmanian Opinion Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 8

Referring to the coal industry, during the debate on the Financial Agreement Enforcement Bill in the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. A. W. Hutchin…

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Rush to Sell Gold Widespread Industry £10,000,000 Hoarded in Britain London, February 24

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 10

The "Evening Standard" says the rush to sell gold has developed into a widespread industry. Big dealers and agents all over the country are conducting a door…

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Gold Bonus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 15

Though there is nothing in the Auditor-General's report to indicate the discontinuance of the gold bonus, fears are entertained in many of the gold-producing…

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Theft of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 3

John Baptist Rose, 10, labourer, and Joseph Alfred Gordon, 18, labourer, were each fined 10/, with 10/9 costs, in default three days' imprisonment, on charges of…

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Price of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, but not sovereigns, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ending February 19, is…

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Balmoral Mine Two Prosecutions MUSWELLBROOK

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 10

Two interesting, cases under the Coalmines Regulation Act were heard before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., at the Muswellbrook Police Court to-day…

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Industrial News Miners' Council John Darling and Elrington SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 10

The Council of the Miners' Federation, which assembled yesterday to discuss the dispute between the Seamen's Union and the Broken Hill Proprietary, which…

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Coal Industry Why Markets Were Lost MR. D. McNEILL'S VIEWS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 8

Mr. D. McNeill, formerly Secretary of the Newcastle Miners' Federation and one of the northern councillors of the Federation, has little hope for the…

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Gold and Minerals Rich Deposits or Low Grade Ores Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 15

The gold industry is passing through a period of indecision as far as the investment of overseas and Australian capital is concerned. In the view of many…

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Coal Output Increased Better Than Last February 254,000 Tons

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

More coal was hauled from the mines in the northern district this month than in January…

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Oil From Coal Hydrogenation Favoured Minister's Statement Warning to Applicants for Subsidies MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 6

Discussing the latest developments in extracting oil from coal the Minister for Development (Senator McLachlan) stated yesterday that big-scale operations were…

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Wonder Vaults of Britain's Greatest Bank Can Hold £1,000,000,000 in Gold 5-Ton Marble Pillars London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 6

Capable of holding one thousand million pounds sterling in gold, the vaults of the new Bank of England premises in…

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Baerami Shale Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

Sir,—What untold wealth seems to emanate from that magic word Baerami to those who are acquainted with it! Think of the millions upon millions of pounds…

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World's Deepest Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 8

The turf shaft of the Village Deep mine, Johannesburg, has, with its incline shaft extension, reached the record depth of 7520 feet from the surface at…

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Coal and Shale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

Sir,—I wish to draw attention to a statement made by one of the Lyon brothers, appearing in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" columns a short while…

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